Negro Leagues

Washington Elite Giants

Active 1936–1937 · 30 players · 2 Hall of Famers

A defunct franchise with no continuous modern successor. Its players are attributed here to Washington Elite Giants itself — never folded into an unrelated modern club, which would fabricate a lineage that never existed. See the full index of lost clubs.

Mount Rushmore

The four largest measured careers at this club, by StatVault VAL attributed to Washington Elite Giants itself. A season counts here only when Washington Elite Giants is the one club whose recorded span covers it — 5 contested seasons are credited to nobody rather than double-counted. 9 of 30 players on this roster carry a measurable VAL.

1Wild Bill Wright
1936–19377.9
2Bill Byrd
1936–19375.6
3Sammy Hughes
1936–19373.7
4Jim Willis
1936–19373.1

Club Leaders · top 9

#	Player	Years	Club VAL
1	Wild Bill Wright	1936–1937	7.9
2	Bill Byrd	1936–1937	5.6
3	Sammy Hughes	1936–1937	3.7
4	Jim Willis	1936–1937	3.1
5	Zollie Wright	1936–1937	1.5
6	Jimmy Direaux	1937	1.2
7	Henry Kimbro	1937	1.1
8	Bob Griffith	1936–1937	0.9
9	Tom Glover	1937	0.7

Hall of Famers

Biz Mackey2006 Roy Campanella1969

Full Roster (30)

Player	Pos	Years
Al Johnson		1936
Andy Porter		1936–1937
Bill Byrd		1936–1937
Biz MackeyHOF ’06	C	1936–1937
Bob Griffith		1936–1937
Candy Jim Taylor		1936
Felton Snow		1936–1937
Goose Curry		1936
Hoss Walker		1936–1937
Jim West		1936–1937
Jim Willis		1936–1937
Jimmy Binder		1936
Lefty Holmes		1936
Lefty Wilson		1936
Leon Stewart		1936
Leroy Morney		1936–1937
Nish Williams		1936–1937
Red Longley		1936
Sammy Hughes		1936–1937
Thad Christopher		1936
Wild Bill Wright		1936–1937
Young		1936
Zollie Wright		1936–1937
Arnold Waites		1937
Henry Kimbro		1937
Jimmy Direaux		1937
Jonas Gaines		1937
Roy CampanellaHOF ’69	C	1937
Tom Glover		1937
Woody Williams		1937